BRENDA LEE

Towing Vessel · Built 1950s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Other hulls named BRENDA LEE

BRENDA LEE is a 1952 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 2011, most recently in November 2024, along with 1 deficiency and 1 casualty investigation in 2017.

Records from 2011 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 25 November 2024.

Built: 1952
Last inspected: 25 November 2024
Documentation: No Operation - PM · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 8
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2017

Identity

263629

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WDB9701

68541

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

366981110 (licence lapsed)

Maury page id

psix-68541

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations2

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded3

Years with a record 5 calendar years (2011–2024)

The 8 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Towing Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)44.8 ft × 14.0 ft × 4.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 26 / net 18

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderST LOUIS SHPBLDG & STL CO · ST LOUIS MO, UNITED STATES · built 1952

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portHOUSTON, TX

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationNo Operation - PM · issued 30 June 2004

Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel

Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it26 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
18 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 2026, matched to this hull on its Official Number. Registered and ITC measurements are two systems and are never combined. One snapshot is held so far; documentation history begins with the next.

Radio station licence

WDI3037MMSI 366981110 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 17 July 2015, cancelled 23 August 2025 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)

WDB9701MMSI 366981110 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 30 September 2004, cancelled 6 December 2014

FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown. A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.

Inspection history · 8

25 November 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8039536

11 November 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7370627

9 September 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7308471

18 August 2021 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7290306

6 May 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7190943

19 April 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6128298

28 June 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4364888

31 August 2011 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4132055

Deficiency record · 1

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 6 May 2021 Resolved

All owners and operators of a single existing towing vessel must have a valid COI for that vessel no later than July 20, 2020. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60 (rectify deficiency prior to movement) and the vessel may no longer be permitted to operate.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 6 August 2021
Resolved 9 September 2021
Resolution: Cleared def as vessel has been placed in laid-up status.

Casualty record · 1

19 April 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6128298

Each line is an incident investigation the Coast Guard recorded with this hull among the vessels involved, with the date and the classification the Coast Guard gave it, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.

Ownership record

The Coast Guard's documentation record for this hull -- the Abstract of Title, with its owners and liens as filed -- is not in PSIX. Ask, and Maury buys it from the National Vessel Documentation Center, files it here with its date, and every reader of this page gets it.